Version Superseded: 06/04/2016
Point in time view as at 04/05/2006.
Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 82 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
82(1)Amend section 51 (category B retirement pension for widowers) as follows.U.K.
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)A civil partner shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension if—
(a)his or her civil partner has died and they were civil partners of each other at the time of that death,
(b)they were both over pensionable age at the time of that death, and
(c)before that death the deceased civil partner satisfied the contribution conditions for a Category A retirement pension in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5.”
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “man's” substitute “ person's ”, and
(b)after “wife” insert “ or deceased civil partner ”.
(4)In subsection (3), after “2002” insert “ or a surviving civil partner ”.
(5)In subsection (4)—
(a)for “man” substitute “ person ”, and
(b)after “pension” insert “ under this section ”.
(6)Section 51 (as amended by this paragraph) does not confer a right to a Category B retirement pension on a person who attains pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010.
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